Bertelmann v. Kaio

Citations

• 23 Haw. 646
• 1917 Haw. LEXIS 46

Syllabus

<p>Appeal and Error— annulment of decree 6y writ of error — divorce.</p> <p>Where, In a divorce case, a decree is rendered granting the wife, as libellant, a divorce and alimony the defendant sues out a writ of error for the purpose of reviewing the said decree, but dies during its pendency in the supreme court, the decree is not annulled by the issuance of the writ of error, and the libellant therein is not the widow of the libellee notwithstanding she filed in the supreme court, after the death of the libellee, a confession of error, no judgment, order or mandate haying been made in the supreme court reversing the decree of divorce.</p>